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Kanji for Combine
The kanji for “combine” is 兼, read ken and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
兼
combine
To combine; someone with many talents.
10 strokes On reading ケン (ken) Kun reading かねる (kaneru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: concurrently, and, beforehand, in advance
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ka, kane, ken
In Japan it appears in about 206 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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